CHAP. 27.-An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of January 19, 1877. the United States for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Be it enacted, &c. * * In the annual report of Commissioner of Pensions; and hereafter he shall report the total annual amount paid for additions also reductions on the annual pension rolls: [January 19, 1877.] * 19 Stat. L., 223. Commissioner of Pensions to report * annual additions and reductions. R.S., §§ 470-474, 1890, Apr. 4, ch. 63, ante, p. 711. CHAP. 41.-An act to amend sections five hundred and thirty-three, five hundred and fifty-six, five hundred and seventy-one, and five hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to courts in Arkansas and other States. (1) Be it enacted, &c., That section five hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: (1) "SEC. 533. That the State of Arkansas is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Arkansas. January 31, 1877. 19 Stat. L., 230. Arkansas judicial districts. Substitute for R. S., § 533. 1886, June 14, ch. 422, post, p. 497. western. The western district includes the counties of Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott, Polk, Sevier, Little River, Howard, 1887, Feb. 17, ch. Montgomery, Yell, Logan, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton, 139; Feb, 28, ch. Carroll, Boone and Marion, and the country lying west of Missouri 213; post, pp. 538, and Arkansas, known as the (2) Indian Territory. The eastern district includes the residue of said State." That section five hundred and fifty-six be amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 556. In the eastern district of Arkansas, there shall be appointed two clerks of the district court thereof, one of whom shall reside and keep his office at Little Rock, and the other shall reside and keep his office at Helena." That section five hundred and seventy-two be so amended as to provide for the holding of the regular terms of court in the eastern and western districts of Arkansas, as follows: 546. eastern. 5 Dill., 392. Clerks in east ern district. Substitute for R.S., § 556. Terms of court in eastern district. R. S., § 572. In the eastern district of Arkansas, at Little Rock, on the first Monday in April and October, and at Helena on the second Monday ch. 28, post, p.707. in March and October. In the western district of Arkansas, at Fort Smith on the first Monday in February, May, August, and November. * * [The omitted lines, substitute for R. S., § 571, repealed, 1889, Feb. 6, ch. 113, § 5, post, p. 639.] [January 31, 1877.] NOTES. (1) The amendments made by this act are incorporated into the second edition of the Re- in western district. Substitute for R. S., §571: both repealed. CHAP. 58.—An act to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing and February 16, 1877. binding for the current fiscal year, and for other purposes. 19 Stat. L,, 231. Pay of printers and book-binders Be it enacted, &c., * That from and after the close of the present session of Congress the public printer shall pay no greater by Public Printer. price for composition than fifty cents per thousand ems and forty R. S., § 3763. cents per hour for time work to printers and book-binders. [Feb- 1876, July 31, ruary 16, 1877.] ch. 246, par. 1 and note, ante, p. 114. 1883, Jan. 13, ch. 23, post, p. 391. 1891, March 3, ch. 550 and note, post, p. 934. 14 C. Cls., 200. SUP R S-9 Feb. 27, 1877. 19 Stat. L., 240. Revised Statutes CHAP. 69.-An act to perfect the revision of the statutes of the United States (1) and of the statutes relating to the District of Columbia. Be it enacted, &c., * * SEC. 2. That the following amendments of District of Co- be, and the same are hereby, made to the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, namely: lumbia. Verbal error corrected. 192. Same. [Par. 1. Section one hundred and ninety-two is amended by inserting, after the word "the" in the second line, the word "Union". [Par. 2.] Section one hundred and ninety-five is amended by insertR.S. of D. C., § ing, after the word "ten" in the seventh line, the words "Revised Statutes of the United States". 195. Same. [Par. 3.] Section three hundred and nine is amended by striking R.S. of D. C., § out, in the third line, where it occurs the second time, the word "three" and inserting the word “six”. 309. Same. [Par. 4.] Section three hundred and twelve is amended by strikR. S. of D. C., § ing out, in the fifth line, the word "three" and inserting the word 66 'six". 312. Police commis sioners. R. S. of D. C., § 322. 1878, June 11,ch. 180, 6.post,p. 78. Verbal error corrected. [Par. 5.] Section three hundred and twenty-two is amended by inserting, after the words "United States" in the second line, the words 66 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate". [Par. 6.] Section four hundred and forty-five is amended by striking out, at the end of the section, the word "two" and inserting the R. S. of D. C., § word "three". 445. Recorder of [Par..] Section four hundred and sixty-seven is amended by indeeds, appoint- serting, after the word "President" in the second line, the words "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate". ment. R. S. of D. C., § 467. Verbal error corrected. [Par. 8.] Section four hundred and seventy-six is amended, by inR.S. of D. C., § hundred and thirty-nine". serting after the word "section" in the first line, the words "four 476. Same. [Par. 9.] Section seven hundred and seventeen is amended by inR.S. of D. C., § serting after the words "Revised Statutes" the words "of the United States". 717. Supreme court in general term, when judges equally divided. R. S. of D. C., [Par. 10.] Section seven hundred and fifty-four is amended by adding at the end of the section, the words, "whenever at a general term, held by four justices, the court shall be equally divided, such divisions shall be noted on the minutes; and within four days, either party may file with the clerk a motion to have the cause re-argued 1879, Feb. 25, ch. before five justices; and such re-argument shall be as soon as con99, §1, post, p. 220. veniently may be.' 754. § Jurisdiction of R. S. of D. C., § 763. 102 U.S., 394. [Par. 11.] Section seven hundred and sixty-three is amended by supreme court of striking out said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following District, as section seven hundred and sixty-three: "Said courts shall have cognizance of all crimes and offenses committed within said district and of all cases in law and equity between parties, both or either of which shall be resident or be found within said district and also of all actions or suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, in which the United States shall be plaintiffs or complainants; and of all seizures on land or water, and all penalties and forfeitures made, arising or accruing under the laws of the United States; and any one of the justices may hold a criminal court for the trial of all crimes and offenses arising within the District." Verbal error corrected. [Par. 12.] Section seven hundred and sixty-four is amended by inserting after the words "Revised Statutes" in the last line, the R. S. of D. C., § words "of the United States". 764. NOTE (1). All the changes made by § 1 of this act have been incorporated into the second editior of the Revised Statutes in the proper places, and it is therefore here omitted. See 15 C. Cls. 80, 453. Sec. 2 (here printed) is to correct errors in the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, of which no second edition has ever been published. [Par. 13.] Section seven hundred and sixty-five is amended by inserting, after the words "Revised Statutes," in the third line, the words "of the United States". R. S. of D. C., § 765. Verbal error cor [Par. 14.] Section seven hundred and eighty is amended by inserting after the words "Revised Statutes" in the fifth line, the words "of rected. the United States". [Par. 15.] Section eight hundred and eleven is amended by inserting, after the words "indebted to" in the second line, the words "the defendant in". R. S. of D. C., § 780. Same. R. S. of D. C., § 811. Same. R. S. of D. C., § [Par. 16. ]Section eight hundred and forty-one is amended by inserting, after the word "section" in the third line, the letter "s" so as to read "sections"; and inserting after the words "one hundred 841. and four" in the third line, the words "one hundred and seven and one hundred and eight "; and adding at the end of the section, the words and of bribery at elections. [Par. 17.] Section eight hundred and forty-three is amended by inserting, after the words "Revised Statutes" in the eighth line the words of the United States". 66 Same. R. S. of D. C., § 843. Same. R. S. of D, C., § 847. [Par. 18.] Section eight hundred and forty-seven is amended by striking out, in the last line, the words "in the following section ", and inserting the words "otherwise by law." [Par. 19.] Section eight hundred and seventy-three is amended by Compensation of inserting, after the words "the circuit" in the second line, the words jurors. "and district" and by striking out, in the second line, commencing 873. with the word "District", the remainder of the section, and inserting the words "of the United States, by the act of February twentysixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. [Par. 20.] Section eight hundred and ninety-seven is amended by inserting, after the words "Revised Statutes" in the last line, the words of the United States". [Par. 21.] Section eleven hundred and ninety-three is amended by inserting, after the words "Revised Statutes" in the fourth line, the words of the United States”. [Par 22.] Section twelve hundred and eighty three is amended by striking out the word "eight" in the fourth line, and inserting the word “nine”. [Par. 23.] Section twelve hundred and eighty-eight is amended by inserting, after the words "Revised Statutes" in the second line, the words of the United States". [February 27, 1877.] R.S. of D. C., § Verbal error corrected. R. S. of D. C., § 897. Same. R. S. of D. C., § 1193. Same. R.S. of D. C., § 1283. R. S. of D. C., S 1288. CHAP. 73.—An act to allow a pension of thirty-six dollars per month to soldiers who have lost both an arm and a leg. Feb. 28, 1877. 19 Stat. L., 264. Pensions for loss R. S., SS 4697, Be it enacted, &c., That all persons who, while in the military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of duty, shall have of one hand and lost one hand and one foot, or been totally or permanently disabled one foot, &c. in both, shall be entitled to a pension for each of such disabilities, 4698. 1878, June and at such a rate as is provided for by the provisions of the existing 17, ch. 261, post, laws for each disability: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to reduce pen- ch. 91, post, p. 399, sions in any case. [February 28, 1877.] CHAP. 74.-An act for the relief of certain claimants under the donation land law of Oregon, approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. Be it enacted, &c., That the claims of such persons who were duly qualified thereto, and made bona-fide settlements upon lands in the tlements on la ds State of Oregon and Washington Territory, under the provisions of in Oregon and in R. S., § 2393. Washington Ter- the act of Congress, approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen ritory, included in hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to create the office of surveyorcertain military general of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey, made valid and and to make donations to settlers of the said public lands," and the patents to issue. legislation supplemental thereto, which have been included, in whole 1850, ch. 76 (9 or in part, within the limits of any reservation made by the United Stat. L., 496). States for military purposes subsequent to the date of such settlement and prior to the completion of the period of residence and cultivation required by said act, which reservation has been, or may hereafter be, declared abandoned by the Secretary of War as no longer necessary to the United States for military or other purposes, shall be adjudicated and patented the same as other donation claims arising under said act and supplemental legislation, as though such reservation had never been made: Provided however, That no claim of any settler coming within the purview of this act shall be validated or confirmed the value of whose improvements, at the time such reservation was made by the United States, has been ascertained and paid for by the Secretary of War, as required by the aforesaid act of September twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the legislation supplemental thereto [February 28, 1877.] March 1, 1877. 19 Stat. L., 267. Indemnity school lands confirmed to California. reasons. CHAP. 81.—An act relating to indemnity school selections in the State of California. Be it enacted, &c., That the title to the lands certified to the State of California, known as indemnity school selections, which lands were selected in lieu of sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, lying within Mexican grants, of which grants the final survey had not been made at the date of such selection by said State, is hereby confirmed to said State in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, for which the selections were made. SEC. 2. That where indemnity school selections have been made -where selections and certified to said State, and said selection shall fail by reason of fail for certain the land in lieu of which they were taken not being included within such final survey of a Mexican grant, or are otherwise defective or invalid, the same are hereby confirmed, and the sixteenth or thirtysixth section in lieu of which the selection was made shall, upon being excluded from such final survey, be disposed of as other public lands of the United States; Innocent purProvided, That if there be no such sixteenth or thirty-sixth section, chasers of land and the land certified therefor shall be held by an innocent purchaser of certified for school for a valuable consideration, such purchaser shall be allowed to sections protected. 1891, Feb, 28, ch. prove such facts before the proper land-office, and shall be allowed 384, post,p. 898. to purchase the same at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, 16 Opins., 69. not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres for any one person: Confirmation not Provided, That if such person shall neglect or refuse, after knowledge of such facts, to furnish such proof and make payment for such land, it shall be subject to the general land-laws of the United States. SEC. 3. That the foregoing confirmation shall not extend to the to extend to claims lands settled upon by any actual settler claiming the right to enter not exceeding the prescribed legal quantity under the homestead or pre-emption laws: of actual settlers. Provided, That such settlement was made in good faith upon lands not occupied by the settlement or improvement of any other person, and prior to the date of certification of said lands to the State of California by the Department of the Interior: And provided further, That the claim of such settler shall be presented to the register and receiver of the district land-office, together with the proper proof of his settlement and residence, within twelve months after the passage of this act, under such rules and regula tions as may be established by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. SEC 4. That this act shall not apply to any mineral lands, nor to Act not to apply any lands in the city and county of San Francisco, nor to any incor- to mineral lands porated city or town, nor to any tide, swamp, or overflowed lands. nor lands in San [March 1, 1877.] Francisco. CHAP. 82.-An act to provide for the preparation and publication of a new edition of the March 2, 1877. 19 Stat. L., 268. Commissioner to prepare new edition of Revised Statutes. 17 Blatch., 363. 15 C. Cls.,80.453. Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one person, learned in the law, as a commissioner, for the purpose of preparing and publishing a new edition of the first volume of the Revised Statutes of the United States. SEC. 2. That in performing this duty, said commissioner shall be to incorporate required to incorporate into the text of the Revised Statutes as pub- amendments, &c. lished in the year anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy five, under the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four, all the amendments which have been made in the revision so published since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventythree, and all that shall be made up to the close of the present session of Congress, with marginal references to such amendatory acts, and to all the decisions of the several courts of the United States, (as far as the same may have been published,) which may have been made subsequent to those already cited in the margin of the present revision, and may include also citations to such judicial decisions of the various State courts as he may deem important; And he shall also make marginal references to the various statutes make marginal passed by Congress since the first day of December, eighteen hundred references. and seventy-three, not expressly therein declared to be amendments to the Revised Statutes, but which, in the opinion of said commissioner, may in any manner affect or modify any of the provisions of the said Revised Statutes, or any of the amendments thereto, indicating in such marginal notes by a difference in type the references to statutes of this kind, and he shall revise the indexes and incorporate therein references to the additions herein required. Other matter to SEC. 3. That there shall also be included in said edition the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of our National Independence, the be included. Ordinance of seventeen hundred and eighty seven for the government of the Northwestern Territory, the Constitution of the United States, with foot notes referring to decisions of the Federal courts thereon, the "Act to provide for the revision and consolidation of the statute laws of the United States," approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the "Act providing for publication of the Revised Statutes and the laws of the United States," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as well as the present act. NOTE. (1) By 1866, June 27, ch. 140 (14 Stat. L.,74), the President was authorized to appoint three commissioners to revise the statutes of the United States, who were allowed three years for the work. Not being then concluded, the act of 1870, May 4, ch. 72 (16 Stat. L., 96), revived the act of 1866, and provided that the commissioners should receive no pay for their work for longer than three years. By 1873, March 3, ch. 241 (17 Stat. L., 579), a joint committee of Congress was authorized to accept the draft of the revision prepared, the acceptance not to be construed as an approval or adoption by Congress. The committee was also authorized to secure the preparation of the revision in the form of a bill, and to have it indexed. The revision in the present form of the Revised Statutes was approved June 22, 1874, but by R. S., § 5601, took effect as if bearing date December 1, 1873. The repeal provisions are found in R. S., $$ 5595-5601. By 1874, June 20, ch. 333, ante, p. 20, provision was made for publishing and distributing the Revised Statutes. Under authority of the act of 1877, the "Second Edition of the Revised Statutes," was prepared and published, with a new index (act of 1878, April 19, ch. 61, 20 Stat. L., 36). By the act of 1878, March 9, ch. 26 (post, p. 153), it was made legal evidence of the laws therein contained, without precluding reference to the originals in cash of discrepancy. For a full statement of the effect of the Revised Statutes and the Second Edition, and the difference between them, see 14 C. Cls., 162; 15 C. Cls., 85; 100 U. S., 508. As to the interpretation of R. S., § 5696, see letter of Chief Justice Waite, printed in vol. 4, of First |